I feel that my whole life is a contribution.
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Pete Seeger
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I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches make of it.
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I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs.
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I fought for peace in the fifties.
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